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4 Awning. No. 234,373. Patented Nov. 9, 1880.

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llNiTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DWIGHT S. RICHARDSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,373, dated November9, 1880.

Application filed April 9, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DWIGHT S. RICHARD- SON, of the city of Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear,and accurate description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same. Fig. 3 shows the bars of theawning-sections.

My invention relates to awnings 5 and it consists in certainimprovements in the details of their construction, as hereinafter morefully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

I make my improvement as follows It consists of two or more separatepieces or sections of awning, A A A of cloth, canvas, or other suitablematerial, so arranged in relation to each other as to secure protectionfrom the sun, at the same time allowing the air to enter freely andaffordin g a view from the window. For ordinary windows I prefer to usethree of these sections, but the number can be increased, if desired.These sections A A A are secured to frames consisting of a top bar, 0,and a lower bar, D. The said frames are movable, and slide, bymeans ofeyes attached to the bars O, 0, O and D, on the guide-rods B, so thatthe sections of the awning can be hoisted up. The hoisting-tackleconsists of a cord or rope, 11, which passes over pulleys secured at thetop of the window-frame, and thence down to the top bar, 0 of thesection A and from thence to the lower bar,D, of said section A The topbar, 0, of section A rests upon a bracket, 0, projecting from the sideof the window-frame. The eyes of the lower bars of the sections A A maybe elongated to allow the bars to be swung up, as well as slide on theguide-rods B, while the lower bar, D, of the section A is arranged so asto turn and swing on the bracket (No model.)

c. The rope 12 passes over a pulley at the top of the window, and thencedown through rings and eyes in the awning-sections A A A and is used toswing up and pack the awning-sections out of the way after the two lowersections have been raised up to the upper section, A, by the rope. Thetop bars, O O of the sections A A are formed with crank-arms a a attheir ends, the bar O having its crank-arms a resting on the bracket 6,and the bar 0 having its crank-arms a resting on the eye of the bar D ofsection A which construction admits of greater space between thesections than if the bars were not provided with crank-arms, as in thetop section, thus permitting more light to enter the window and allowinga view through the spaces, while at the same time the spaces allow afree circulation of air and are shaded from the rays of the sun by theawnings above them.

I am aware that a sectional awning for windows composed of two or moreindependent sliding sections connected with each other and havingintermediate spaces between them has heretofore been employed, and 1therefore lay no claim, broadly, to such construction, my inventionbeing confined to the details of construction as claimed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the sections A A A vertical rods B, angular eye-rodD, eye-rod G,

eye-rods O 0 having crank-arms a a, brackets e, and ropes 11 12, thewhole arranged, constructed, and operated substantially in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of March,1880.

i DWIGHT S. RICHARDSON.

in presence of- LOUIS W. FRosr, CHARLES G. Con.

